Effect of non‐local modified couple stress theory on the responses of axially moving thermoelastic nano‐beams

Abstract

Abstract The present study examines the lateral thermal vibrations of a nanobeam subjected to an axial motion while being influenced by a sinusoidal thermal load. The partial differential equation describing the system was obtained using the extended Hamiltonian principle. Also considered were the Euler‐Bernoulli (EB) beam, the nonlocal couple stress theory, and Eringen's nonlocal elasticity model. This type of axially moving beam has multiple applications in design, including industrial, civil, structural, chemical, and computer engineering. The Laplace transform technique is utilized to translate partial differential equations into a thermoelastic differential equation of the sixth order. This study investigates the impact of nanobeam size and velocity on thermo‐mechanical characteristics. To explore the impacts of axial velocity, pulse width, nonlocal index, material length scale coefficient, and phase lag coefficients on the examined studied fields, such as lateral vibration and temperature change for the moving nanobeam are calculated. The specified factors were discovered to impact the flexibility and dynamic response of the nanobeam substantially.